ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,684, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Refrigerator appliance" was invented by Sandhragiri Karthik (Pune, India), Dariusz Ksyta (Wroclaw, Poland), Andrea Olivani (Milan) and Weronika Ratajczyk (Wroclaw, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes an evaporator, a drain pan, a heater tube, and a bracket. The evaporator has refrigerant tubes configured to route refrigerant through the evaporator and fins configured to facilitate heat exchange between the refrigerant and air being directed across the evaporator. The drain pan is configured to receive condensation formed on an e...